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Peer reviewedShephard, Roy J.; Shek, Pang N. – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1999
Epidemiologic data suggest that regular moderate exercise boosts immunity, but intense training may reduce it. Objective data do not clearly show a J-shaped relationship between exercise and immune function. Nutritional, hygienic, exercise, environmental, and pharmacologic strategies can minimize risks of infection. Practical measures to reduce…
Descriptors: Athletes, Communicable Diseases, Elementary Secondary Education, Exercise
Peer reviewedStorms, William W.; Joyner, David M. – Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1997
Summarizes results from the Olympic Exercise Asthma Summit Conference, offering the latest on identifying and managing exercise-induced asthma (EIA). Concludes that effective pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatment is available, but EIA is underrecognized and underdiagnosed. Physicians should look for it in all patients, including school…
Descriptors: Asthma, Athletes, Athletics, Clinical Diagnosis
